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THE BOOK OF<br/>
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CHAPTER 12
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Job says: The souls of all things are in the hands of the Lord; and, With the ancient is wisdom; and, The Lord governs in all things.
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And</span> Job answered and said,
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No doubt but ye <i>are</i> the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
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But I have understanding as well as you; I <i>am</i> not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
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I am <i>as</i> one <sup>a</sup><a href="job/12/4a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Persecution.">mocked</a> of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright <i>man is</i> laughed to scorn.
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He that is ready to slip with <i>his</i> feet <i>is as</i> a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
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The <sup>a</sup><a href="job/12/6a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB tents.">tabernacles</a> of robbers <sup>b</sup><a href="job/12/6b" mark="b" type="A" title="Job 21: 7; Ps. 73: 12; Hel. 7: 5 (5-6).">prosper</a>, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth <i>abundantly.</i>
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But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:
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Or speak to the <sup>a</sup><a href="job/12/8a" mark="a" type="A" title="Alma 30: 44.">earth</a>, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
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Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> hath wrought this?
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In whose hand <i>is</i> the soul of every <sup>a</sup><a href="job/12/10a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Nature.">living</a> thing, and the <sup>b</sup><a href="job/12/10b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Breath of Life.">breath</a> of all mankind.
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Doth not the ear try words?  and the mouth taste his meat?
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With the <sup>a</sup><a href="job/12/12a" mark="a" type="F" title="OR old men; TG Old Age.">ancient</a> <i>is</i> wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
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With him <i>is</i> <sup>a</sup><a href="job/12/13a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Ne. 9: 8; Abr. 3: 21.">wisdom</a> and <sup>b</sup><a href="job/12/13b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Strength.">strength</a>, he hath counsel and understanding.
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Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
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Behold, he <sup>a</sup><a href="job/12/15a" mark="a" type="A" title="Deut. 11: 17.">withholdeth</a> the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
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With him <i>is</i> strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver <i>are</i> his.
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He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.
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He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.
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He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
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He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.
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He poureth contempt upon <sup>a</sup><a href="job/12/21a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 40: 23.">princes</a>, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.
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He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
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He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them <i>again.</i>
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He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to <sup>a</sup><a href="job/12/24a" mark="a" type="A" title="Amos 8: 12 (11-13).">wander</a> in a wilderness <i>where there is</i> no way.
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They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like <i>a</i> drunken <i>man.</i>
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